Pilot Practice Direction: Health, Education and Social Care Chamber of the First-Tier Tribunal (Mental Health) (Coronavirus, 19/3/20)
Mental Health Tribunal coronavirus Practice Direction For the pilot period, initially six months: (1) every decision, including those that dispose of proceedings, will be made by a judge alone, unless the CP, DCP or authorised salaried judge appoints two or three people; (2) the tribunal will suggest that CTO reference hearings are dealt with on the papers under rule 35; (3) it will not be "practicable" under rule 34 for any pre-hearing medical examinations to take place during the pandemic (no mention is made of video or telephone conferencing); (4) panels of one of two may seek the advice of one or more non-legal members to assist in decision-making, provided the advice is recoded and disclosed to the parties. Superseded by Amended Pilot Practice Direction: Health, Education and Social Care Chamber of the First-Tier Tribunal (Mental Health) (Coronavirus, 14/9/20).
Type: Tribunal guidance🔍 · Coronavirus resource🔍
Title: Pilot Practice Direction: Health, Education and Social Care Chamber of the First-Tier Tribunal (Mental Health)
Author: Ryder, Ernest🔍
Organisation: Mental Health Tribunal🔍 · Tribunals Judiciary🔍
Date: 19/3/20🔍
What links here:
- Mental Health Tribunal, 'Further update on coronavirus situation' (1/4/20)
- Mental Health Tribunal, 'Direction for disclosure of medical records to legal representatives in all cases for the duration of the Pilot Practice Direction' (25/3/20)
- Mental Health Tribunal, 'Order and directions for all community patients who are subject to a CTO or conditional discharge and who have applied or been referred to the tribunal for the duration of the Pilot Practice Direction' (26/3/20)
- Mental Health Tribunal and coronavirus
- Re C [2020] MHLO 48 (FTT)
- Amended Pilot Practice Direction: Health, Education and Social Care Chamber of the First-Tier Tribunal (Mental Health) (Coronavirus, 14/9/20)
- Mental Health Tribunal, 'Direction for disclosure of medical records to legal representatives' (27/9/21)